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Wider issues

February 2009 | spiked

Praise for Energise!

A top sociologist has kind words for what is in fact a searing polemic

15 January 2009 | New Civil Engineer

The Severn Barrage: calling greens' bluff

Green objections to the Severn Barrage reveal little more than a phobia of major projects

| Blueprint

Sex, men and cars

Two new books on cars have much – but not everything – to recommend them 457kB

12 January 2009 | spiked

The CFLs are on, but nobody’s home

The mad green war on light bulbs won’t save much electricity - it’s about enforcing moral rectitude in the home

8 January 2009 | BBC Breakfast

Lights: Behind the controversy on compact fluorescents vs incandescents

Keeping the lights on is more vital than improving the energy efficiency of lighting products

22 December 2008 | spiked

Global rivalries go green

Climate change will be a central part of government agendas in 2009 - and a rich source of diplomatic squabbles, too

17 August 2008 | Design magazine, July 1982

Interim report

Interview with the late Herman Kahn, the man who pretty much invented forecasting

17 July 2008 | Battle of Ideas

China... pollution solution?

How China's economic growth can help the world's environment

16 July 2008 | Radio 4

Nothing Romantic about environmentalists

The great nineteenth-century English poets waxed lyrical about nature, but they still believed in humanity - unlike today’s eco-pessimists

15 July 2008 | Forecasts proved right

Freddie Mac – when are you coming back?

What my book Why is construction so backward?, written with Ian Abley, said four years ago about today's financial crisis in the US

14 July 2008 | Times Online

Eco-imperialism is alive and well in the West

The West's pleading with China to cut carbon emissions bursts with ulterior motives

31 March 2008 | Battle of Ideas

The ‘Regeneration Games’, London, 2012

Don’t let the 2012 Olympics become another Dome or T5!

9 January 2008 | Radio 4

Reality Check on housing and the Land Question

The UK government plans millions of new homes. James comes face to face with a developer, the Sustainable Development Commission, the Campaign to Protect Rural England and a woman who is desperate to buy her own home

1 January 2008 | The Register

The Electric Car Conspiracy... that never was

What a hit movie really tells us about innovation

20 November 2007 | The Register

What's Auntie for, exactly?

Instead of a dispassionate approach, the BBC gives us dumbed-down moral absolutes, far-out footage, and a sprinkling of "balance"

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